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Recipe Quotes

Not every recipe fits neatly on a card.

These recipe quotes range from a literal 1747 curry recipe published in London to the far less literal recipe for happiness that one line insists is really just desire. Explore more in our Apple quotes.

I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.

Quotes by Vanessa Paradis

London was a spice mecca. The first recipe for curry in English was actually published in 1747.

Quotes by Tom Parker Bowles

I hit the trifecta on 'Law & Order': I did the original recipe, extra crispy and the Colonel's special.

Quotes by Thomas Sadoski

My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother's recipe.

Quotes by Susan Lucci

Always Quotes

Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one of them.

Quotes by Roberto Azevedo

There is no recipe to be a great teacher, that's what is unique about them.

Quotes by Robert Sternberg

We own a proprietary recipe for Casamigos Tequila that can't be duplicated.

Quotes by Rande Gerber

Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to.

Quotes by Niall Ferguson

Don't let the secret recipe die with the inventor.

Quotes by Nathan Myhrvold

Amending Quotes

The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.

Quotes by Louis MacNeice

When what you do and care about is aligned with what the market wants and cares about, you've created a recipe for career success.

Quotes by Lisa Gansky

A winner-takes-all economy that offers only limited access to the middle class is a recipe for democratic malaise and dereliction.

Quotes by Klaus Schwab

Glory be and praise to God. I didn't do any of this. God did. I don't have a recipe or a blueprint. I prayed for it, and my prayers are continuing to be answered.

Quotes by Kevin Gates

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Jane Austen

Apple Quotes

Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the case of highly skilled immigrants, these policies are a recipe for stagnation.

Quotes by James Surowiecki

In a lifetime, the recipe always needs amending - more of this, a little less of that, what to do now that the cake has fallen.

Quotes by Deb Caletti

The holy grail of recipe developing is the recipe that turns out so much more impressive than you would expect from the effort it took to produce.

Quotes by Claire Saffitz

Cooking is not effortless. To get a recipe that feels effortless is really hard.

Quotes by Claire Saffitz

Can you braid three strands? Then you can make babkallah. The very idea of babkallah came about because the recipe avoids the complicating twisting technique that gives babka its signature swirl.

Quotes by Claire Saffitz

Approximate Quotes

When you taste something delicious, ask for the recipe! Or offer to trade a recipe!

Quotes by Christina Tosi

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do these recipe quotes cover?
They range from a literal historical curry recipe published in London in 1747 to the more figurative recipe for happiness.
Is there a quote about the origin of curry recipes in English?
Yes, one quote notes London was a spice hub and that the first curry recipe published in English appeared in 1747.
Do any quotes connect recipes to honesty or history?
Yes, one quote calls oral history a recipe for complete misrepresentation, since almost no one tells the full truth even when trying to.
Is there a quote about protecting a secret recipe?
Yes, one quote urges that a secret recipe should not be allowed to die along with its inventor.
Where can I find more food-related or reflective quotes?
Browse our Apple quotes and Always quotes for related pages.

Oral history gets called a recipe for misrepresentation here too, a reminder that recipes carry truth as often as taste. See Always and Amending quotes.